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- Trouble in Qld construction industry & worse may be to come
- Comments policy
- Treasury dumps wellbeing framework & defines principal objectives around Budget, productivity and globalisation
- Population Growth – Queensland’s recent slump (Guest post from Alistair Robson)
- Improved economic conditions may give Qld Gov't confidence to call early election
- QR-Aurizon experience shows benefits of privatisation - Steel on Steel is recommended reading
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Category Archives: Environment
Should Queensland ban plastic shopping bags?
Last week, the Queensland Government Environment Department issued a discussion paper to consult with the community on its proposed ban of lightweight plastic bags (i.e. the type you get at Coles and Woolworths). However, the scope for public consultation is … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Queensland Government, Uncategorized
Tagged environment, litter, plastic, plasticbags, qld, queensland, waste
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Container deposit scheme very likely a costly bad idea
Regrettably, there is now a bipartisan commitment in Queensland to what is very likely a costly bad policy, with the Opposition announcing its support for a container deposit scheme, otherwise known as a “cash for cans” scheme (see the Brisbane … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized
Tagged cashforcans, containerdepositscheme, pc, productivitycommission, qld, qpc, queensland, recycling
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Is banning plastic bags the best option to tackle litter and reduce waste?
Guest post by Rod Bogaards It looks like a push is on to ban single-use plastic bags nationally according to the Courier-Mail. A ban has already been implemented in some of the smaller states and territories but not elsewhere. Perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Uncategorized
Tagged australia, cba, costbenefitanalysis, environment, ephc, pc, plasticbags, productivitycommission
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Economics and environmental law seminar timely given debate over CSG & Galilee
One of the new words we have heard in recent years is “lawfare”, the use of the law as a weapon of war. In Australia, it has been alleged that environmental groups such as the Australian Conservation Foundation and the … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Mining
Tagged csg, economics, edo, environment, environmentallaw, galilee, lawfare, mining, qld, queensland, uqeconomics
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Unsurprising Townsville running out of water when Council is charging so little for it
Townsville City Council desperately needs some hard-headed economic advice, not just on the unwise Super Stadium project, but on water pricing, too. It is reported in today’s Townsville Bulletin that “TOWNSVILLE residents must dramatically reduce their water use if the … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Townsville
Tagged brisbane, burdekindam, superstadium, townsville, water, waterpricing
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Solar subsidy creates suburban “eyesore” on Gold Coast
In describing how government policies can have strange effects, economic textbooks often refer to the window tax that applied in Britain in France in the 18th and 19th centuries. This tax resulted in a number of households bricking up windows … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Gold Coast
Tagged feedintariff, goldcoast, qld, queensland, solar, solarpv, windowtax
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Farmers struggling to understand reams of vegetation management regulation
Given that Queensland has seen some egregious examples of land clearing in the past – recall George Quaid in the 1980s – there is clearly a role for Government in regulating activities affecting native vegetation. However, it is possible Government … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Environment
Tagged georgequaid, landclearing, qca, queensland, vegetationmanagement
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